Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
Twin Cities Area
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Dotson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jordan Brewery Complex
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Visiting Golden Gate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
The Le Sueur Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Enter Marlon Brando
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion Depot In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hollywood Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Milford Monument
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering Quadna Resort
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Sandstone
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Old Brewery In Preston
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hanover Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
The End of the Line in Currie
Green Lake Mounds
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Red Wing Iron Works
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Cobden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Franconia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Wasioja
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

